§ Ms PerhamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was(a) the incidence of breast cancer by age breakdown and (b) the numbers of deaths from breast cancer among women in England for the latest year for which figures are available. [88658]
§ Ms HewittThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Fox to Ms Linda Perham, dated 29 June 1999:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question concerning the incidence of and deaths from breast cancer.The number of newly diagnosed cases of female breast cancer (coded to International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision [ICD9] 174) in England in 1994, the latest year for which data are available, appeared in a Parliamentary answer on 17 May (Hansard 90, column 281).The mortality data requested are shown in the table below.140W
Number of deaths certified as due to female breast cancer England 19981 Age at death Number of deaths 0–4 0 5–9 0 10–14 0 15–19 0
Number of deaths certified as due to female breast cancer England 19981 Age at death Number of deaths 20–24 4 25–29 22 30–34 87 35–39 221 40–44 385 45–49 572 50–54 953 55–59 873 60–64 1,019 65–69 1,088 70–74 1,325 75–79 1,373 80–84 1,175 85 and over 1,915 All ages 11,012 1Data for 1998 are provisional